And that's exactly why money is freedom, when you have it, at least. Having money or, more specifically, not needing money means that you are free to engage in

And that's exactly why money is freedom, when you have it, at least. Having money or, more specifically, not needing money means that you are free to engage in whatever business engagements you see fit. For the illegal immigrants, oftentimes, their options are "work for less than what is fair" or "not work at all". For them, the decision is easy. For many Americans, overextended, and with no way to feed themselves without work, we see a similarly exploitative environment as well. The minimum wage is designed to prevent against that, and it does, though now people are suggesting it doesn't, but either way, economic freedom is freedom from having to enter into an agreement that you wouldn't do if you didn't have to. Unfortunately, only having money buys you that economic freedom.